Vail Recreation District Community Programming Room offers a variety of classes for adults and youth including African Drumming, Yoga, TRX ® Suspension Training and numerous art classes for adults and children. The complete schedule of classes can be found at www.vailrec.com or by calling 970-479-2292.

The Imagination Station is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cost is $5 per child age two and older with cost-saving weekly, monthly and annual memberships. Parents and children under age two will be free.

A 1940s homestead perched between a mountain meadow and the forested bank of Gore Creek houses the Vail Nature Center. This seven-acre facility, in the heart of Vail, is a tranquil gem to explore the web of trails along Gore Creek or come inside to learn from the exhibits and knowledgeable staff. Programs include: hiking, birding tours, beaver pond tours, wildflower viewing, stargazing, and creekside nature tours. All ages, donations accepted. NEW – you can take the in-town bus to the Soccer Fields stop on Vail Valley Drive! 970-479-2291.

Vail Information Centers

Located on the upper levels of both the Vail Village & Lionshead parking structures. In addition to having numerous publications, maps and information on Vail, the staff can help with last-minute lodging deals and make reservations at Vail restaurants. Each booth has a wheelchair which can be used by guests free of charge.

From hiking in the summer to skiing in the winter, there’s always something to do in Vail.

Visitors and residents alike enjoy the 1,100 acres of open space accounting for 50 percent of Vail’s town-owned land; 350,000 surrounding acres of national forest, crowned by 5,289 skiable acres on one of the largest and best ski mountains in the world.